Day: July 2, 2009

Yellow Ribbon Fund Keeps Troops\’ Families Mobile

By Samantha L. Quigley
American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, July 1, 2009 – Servicemembers\’ long-term rehabilitation shouldn\’t keep them, or their family members, bound to the hospital grounds, and the Yellow Ribbon Fund is working to make sure that doesn\’t happen.

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Roseanna Smith was the 1,000th renter through the Yellow Ribbon Fund\’s car rental program. Her son, Army Pfc. Craig Smith, has been recovering at Walter Reed Army Medical Center after losing a leg while serving in Iraq. Photo courtesy of Yellow Ribbon Fund

Founded in 2005, the organization was created to assist injured servicemembers and their families while they recuperate at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center here and the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. Toward that goal, it offers several programs for recovering servicemembers, including a mentor/intern program in which they can learn job skills from a local company.

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